{"id":38532,"date":"2019-07-17T07:18:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=38532"},"modified":"2019-07-17T07:18:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T11:18:00","slug":"electricity-battle-movie-finally-coming-to-cinemas-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/electricity-battle-movie-finally-coming-to-cinemas-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricity Battle Movie Finally Coming to Cinemas in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nikola<\/p>\n

The movie, The Current War<\/em>, is a film based on true life events of the feud between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. This film is about the race between them to power New York, and ultimately the world, with electricity.<\/p>\n

From The Vintage News<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe film, which is a dramatization of real-life events, will follow the tumultuous journey of Thomas Edison, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, as he attempts to use his DC technology to introduce light to Manhattan,\u201d said Variety<\/em>. \u201cHowever, his initial efforts are obstructed when businessman George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) \u00a0and his partner Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult) rival the inventor with Tesla\u2019s own AC electrical current.\u201d<\/p>\n

(read the full article here: Edison Tesla Film<\/a> )<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I suspect the film will be quite interesting, and likely entertaining for those of us interested in both history and radio. One of the actors is a favorite of mine from one of the recent British adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories, Benedict Cumberbatch.<\/p>\n

Cheers! Robert<\/p>\n

Robert Gulley, K4PKM (formerly AK3Q), is the author of this post and a regular contributor<\/a> to the SWLing Post.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Robert also blogs<\/em>\u00a0at All Things Radio<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The movie, The Current War, is a film based on true life events of the feud between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. This film is about the race between them to power New York, and ultimately the world, with electricity. From The Vintage News \u201cThe film, which is a dramatization of real-life events, will follow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-a1u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10247,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/remembering-nikola-tesla-on-his-birthday\/","url_meta":{"origin":38532,"position":0},"title":"Remembering Nikola Tesla on his birthday","author":"Thomas","date":"July 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is Nikola Tesla's birthday (lived July 10, 1856 - January 7, 1943) and I, for one, will be remembering\u00a0him for his enormous contributions to our hobby. 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